Big games like BGMI and CoD Mobile definitely rule over the mobile gaming community. However, there still are a bunch of folks who play ageing games like Pokemon Go. The game has garnered a dedicated audience in million over the years and these players have been very loyal to the game. Moreover, Pokemon Go also brought in certain changes to make it easier for their audience to play the game through the ongoing pandemic.
However, Niantic, the developers of Pokemon Go, suddenly decided to roll back these changes which has now infuriated the Pokemon Go community. The game brings new content and has been keeping players hooked to the game for years now. This time, however, the community is not happy with the company’s plans for the game.
The community took to the Pokemon Go subreddit which lists all the current problems with the game in detail. Moreover, it also provides with solutions to fix these issues. Moreover, several influencers of the game have joined in on this petition as well.
Niantic rolled out a couple of valuable changes to the game during the initial days of the lockdown period. These changes included reducing the Pokestop interaction distance from 40 metres to 80 metres, which is exactly double the original value. Moreover, this allowed Pokemon Go players to enjoy the game right from the comfort of their homes, if there were nearby Pokestops. Players who could not venture out into the open because of the pandemic and lockdown were able to enjoy the game in this way. However, things have changed now and sadly, not for the best.
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The Pokemon Go community now wants this feature back to their favourite game because of several reasons. Not only does it put them at a greater risk out in the open, it allows differently abled players to easily access the Pokestops. Another thing to note here is that this particular change has been rolled back in the US and New Zealand. Both the countries have been keeping the COVID-19 infections under control effectively. However, the US is seeing a rise in cases because of the Delta variant of the coronavirus as of late.
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Niantic has responded quite quickly to the community outrage caused by their decisions. Now, the company has responded by saying that it is creating an internal cross-functional team. Furthermore, this particular team shall be responsible for overseeing such changes in rules in the future. The company revealed that the changes were made keeping in with the official health advisories of the respective governments. However, now, the company has said that the new task force will take into account the concerns of the community.
Additionally, the internal team will be responsible for looking at the rule changes regarding Pokestop distance as well. Moreover, the team shall share their findings on the Pokestop distance in the next seasons update. The new season for Pokemon Go is all set to land on September 1.
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